CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general are demanding that the popular messaging platform WeChat take immediate action to stop the flow of money tied to the fentanyl trade.
Jackson announced the effort Monday alongside South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and other state and local leaders, saying the platform is enabling massive money laundering operations linked to the deadly drug.
“We believe that WeChat is being used to facilitate money laundering on a massive scale, specifically money laundering tied to the fentanyl trade,” Jackson said…